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Disparities
Roxane Gay’s Memoir: Journey into Obesity
At her heaviest, Roxane Gay weighed 577 pounds. In her powerful, at times harrowing, new memoir, “Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body,” Gay explains how she got that way and what it’s like to live “trapped in a cage.” It’s the story of a “carefree young girl … who felt safe in her body” until […]
June 14, 2017
Disparities
Shortage of Native American Doctors Raises Concern
PHOENIX — Dena Wilson never doubted what she wanted to do with her life while growing up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Her mother worked at the Indian Health Service as a social worker, and aside from a brief desire to be a bird in kindergarten, Wilson knew she wanted to […]
June 14, 2017
Disparities
Researchers Closer to Early Autism Diagnosis
Research shows that the roots of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) generally start early—most likely in the womb. That’s one more reason, on top of a large number of epidemiological studies, why current claims about the role of vaccines in causing autism can’t be right. But how early is ASD detectable? It’s a critical question, since […]
June 14, 2017
Policies
47 Counties Won’t Have Obamacare
Forty-seven counties are projected to have no Obamacare insurers next year and 1,200 could have only one, according to a new federal report. The map released Tuesday from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services outlined a county-by-county map of projected insurer participation in Obamacare. The report comes as the Senate is trying to work […]
June 14, 2017
Policies
Healthcare Groups Petition High Court on Travel Ban
A second U.S. Appeals Court has blocked President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban, and already healthcare organizations are asking the Supreme Court not to issue a stay of the injunctions against it. A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously on Monday to uphold a freeze on the travel ban, saying […]
June 14, 2017
Disparities
Study: Racial, Ethnic Minority People Get Less Care
America is a melting pot of diversity. Having the ability to meet people from any part of the world is one of America’s biggest assets and one that has made it into the country it is today. It is estimated that racial and ethnic minorities represent 28 percent of Americans, but according to a new […]
June 14, 2017
Students
Cleveland State Names Bynum Director of Black Studies
Noted civil rights expert scholar Dr. Thomas Bynum has been named director of the Black Studies Program at Cleveland State University. “I am very pleased to join Cleveland State and look forward to working with its talented students, faculty and staff, as well as leaders throughout the community, to advance the tremendous efforts already being […]
June 14, 2017
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Parents Sue Fraternity Chapter Following Their Son’s Death
RENO, Nev. — A Nevada family has filed a lawsuit against a fraternity chapter following the death of their 18-year-old son, who they say was hazed before he took a fatal fall. The parents filed the lawsuit against the Sigma Nu chapter in Reno, the Sigma Nu Housing Authority and several fraternity leaders June 2. […]
June 14, 2017
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Penn State Fraternity Hearing to Resume July 10
BELLEFONTE, Pa. — A preliminary hearing will continue next month for 16 members of a Penn State fraternity charged in connection with the death of a pledge who died after a drunken fall. Eighteen Beta Theta Pi members and the fraternity itself are charged because of the death of 19-year-old Tim Piazza, of Lebanon, New […]
June 14, 2017
Students
Court: Iowa State University Wrong to Block Pot T-shirt
DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa State University lost another appeal in a federal court case over the decision of administrators to prevent a marijuana advocacy group from printing a T-shirt that included the university logo and a marijuana leaf. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday for the second time said ISU administrators […]
June 14, 2017
Students
Mississippi Community Colleges Make Cut, Raise Tuition
JACKSON, Miss. — Community colleges statewide are eliminating nearly 250 jobs for the upcoming year to close budget gaps, and five are dropping at least one intercollegiate sport. The move comes as colleges increase tuition by an average of 13 percent, mostly because state funding has fallen. Community College Board Executive Director Andrea Mayfield said […]
June 14, 2017
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JAN YOSHIWARA
JAN YOSHIWARA has been appointed executive director of the Washington State Board for Community Colleges. She is the deputy executive director of education at Western Interstate Commission for higher education. She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California and a master’s degree from Western Washington University.
June 14, 2017
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CHRISTOPHER D. CARD
CHRISTOPHER D. CARD has been named president of student life at Lawrence University. Card is the dean of students at Trinity College. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Clark University and a master’s from Tufts University.
June 14, 2017
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THERESA WADE
THERESA WADE has been selected as deputy director of diversity and Title IX compliance at Borough of Manhattan Community College. Wade is the diversity management unit chief in the Office of Equal Opportunity in New York. She has a bachelor’s from SUNY Binghamton and a J.D. from New York Law School.
June 14, 2017
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Championing Education
Former U.S Secretary of Education John King is intent on helping provide educational access and opportunity to low-income students and students of color as the new president of Education Trust.
June 14, 2017
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Women’s Advocates Sue Department of Education Over Title IX Data
The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) sued the Department of Education on Monday in an effort to compel the agency to release data concerning its oversight of sexual harassment and assault complaints on college campuses.
June 13, 2017
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Report: 131 Student Loan Reduction Companies Engaged in Questionable Practices
NerdWallet’s Watch List identifies debt-relief services that have been have been cited for fraudulent or questionable practices.
June 13, 2017
Students
New Chicago High School Graduation Policy Gets Mixed Reviews
In a policy change being referred to as everything from “forward thinking” to “remarkably silly,” high school seniors in Chicago will not be able to graduate unless they present “evidence of a postsecondary plan.”
June 13, 2017
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